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Nadal joins Australia’s Margaret Court as the only player to win 11 titles at the same Major.

Victory also took Nadal’s record at Roland Garros to 86 wins and just two losses.

For Thiem, playing in his first Slam final, it was a tremendous letdown, being the only man to have beaten the Spaniard on clay in the last two years.

Nadal flew out of the blocks.

He reeled off the first six points for a 2-0 lead before Thiem settled and repaired the damage for 2-2.

The Austrian speared a 222km/h ace just for good measure in the fourth game to save a break point.

He saved another two in the 11-minute sixth game.

Despite matching Nadal forehand for forehand, Thiem was undone in the 10th game when three errors handed Nadal the opening set after 52 minutes. A wild, misguided forehand sealed his fate, one of 18 unforced errors to Nadal’s 12 in the set.

In their previous nine meetings, all on clay, the man who took the opening set went on to win the match.

That scenario loomed again with Nadal going to 2-0 in the second set on a fifth break point as Thiem fired another backhand wide.

Thiem wasted a break point in the seventh game as Nadal collected a time violation for taking too long to serve. Nadal saved it and went on to secure a two sets lead when yet another backhand from the Austrian drifted wide.

Thiem saved four break points in the first game of the third set before Nadal inevitably broke for 2-1.

Nadal halted play in the fourth game complaining of pain in his left hand. He won the game before summoning the doctor and trainer courtside.